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Table 12_4_5-1

2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

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Table 12_4_5.1Hospital patients with adverse drug events with hypoglycemic agents, including insulin, oral hypoglycemic, or combination of both, United States, 2004 and 2007a

2007

2004

Population group

Percent

SE

Percent

SE

Total

7.8

0.3

10.7

0.4

Age

Under 65

8.9

0.7

12.5

0.9

65–74

7.5

0.5

10.1

0.6

75–84

7.9

0.5

10.7

0.6

85 and over

6.8

0.8

9.9

1.0

Gender

Male

7.4

0.4

11.0

0.6

Female

8.2

0.4

10.5

0.5

Race

White

7.4

0.3

10.1

0.4

Black

10.2

0.9

15.4

1.2

Other

8.4

1.1

8.7

1.3

Diabetes

Yes

8.6

0.3

11.7

0.4

No

3.9

0.5

4.2

0.7

Obesity

Yes

7.6

0.6

10.5

0.8

No

7.9

0.3

10.8

0.4

Cerebrovascular disease

Yes

8.4

0.6

11.8

0.7

No

7.6

0.3

10.3

0.4

CHF/pulmonary edema

Yes

9.5

0.5

13.4

0.6

No

6.8

0.4

8.9

0.4

COPD

Yes

8.2

0.6

10.6

0.6

No

7.7

0.4

10.8

0.5

Smoking

Yes

7.7

0.8

12.0

1.0

No

7.9

0.3

10.5

0.4

Cancer

Yes

DNA

DNA

10.3

0.8

No

DNA

DNA

10.9

0.4

Corticosteroids

Yes

8.1

1.0

12.4

1.3

No

7.8

0.3

10.6

0.4

Coronary artery disease

Yes

8.9

0.4

11.5

0.5

No

6.6

0.4

9.8

0.5

Renal disease

Yes

10.6

0.6

15.9

0.7

No

6.2

0.3

8.0

0.4

a All Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) discharges from the MPSMS sample.